H-1B sponsorCAFEIN 77-0409517Updated Jul 2026

Brocade Communications Systems

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Brocade Communications Systems. Filed 1,341 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a CA headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

Brocade Communications Systems is a California-based technology company that has been active in H-1B sponsorship since 2010. Over its 16-year span of filings, the company submitted 1,341 total H-1B petitions with a strong 94.85% certification rate, 3.28% withdrawn, and 0.97% denied, demonstrating consistent success in the program.

The company's H-1B hiring has been heavily concentrated in software development roles. Software Developers (SOC 15-1252) account for 657 filings—nearly half of all petitions—followed by Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (363 filings) and Computer Systems Analysts (52 filings). This pattern reflects Brocade's core business in data center networking and storage solutions.

H-1B filing volume peaked in 2010 with 202 petitions and remained moderately active through the mid-2010s, then declined significantly after 2018. In FY2026, Brocade filed 7 H-1B petitions with a 100% certification rate, indicating continued but limited sponsorship activity.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Brocade Communications Systems’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	94.9%
Cert-withdrawn	0.9%
Withdrawn	3.3%
Denied	1.0%

Certified94.9%

Cert-withdrawn0.9%

Withdrawn3.3%

Denied1.0%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Brocade Communications Systems across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	657
2	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	363
3	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	70
4	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	52
5	17-2072	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	46
6	15-2051	Data Scientists	22
7	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	20
8	41-9031	Sales Engineers	19
9	15-1244	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	14
10	17-2112	Industrial Engineers	10

Software Developers

657

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

363

Computer Occupations, All Other

Computer Systems Analysts

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Data Scientists

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Sales Engineers

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Industrial Engineers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	202
FY2011	132
FY2012	194
FY2013	158
FY2014	115
FY2015	173
FY2016	149
FY2017	121
FY2018	42
FY2019	17
FY2023	2
FY2024	15
FY2025	14
FY2026	7

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